Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of General Counsel: Attorney Advisor

Posted 4 years ago
Overview
Open & Closing Dates: 5/21/19 to 6/4/19
Salary: $79,968 to $149,395 per year
Appointment typePermanent
Work schedule: Full-Time – Full Time – Excepted
Responsibilities
As a Attorney Advisor, you will:
- Identify and analyze problems and renders legal opinions on complex legal questions including questions which implicate multiple areas of law for which there is often no clear legal precedent.
- Personally attend to complex, sensitive and highly controversial legal problems that result from the implementation of the programs and activities of the Department.
- Provide advice to program directors, managers and staff to ensure that the established policies, standards, and procedures pertaining to legal matters are appropriately carried out and performed.
- Advise on the effect, application and interpretation of federal law in general, and specifically the laws and regulations of this Department, and other federal agencies, opinions of the Comptroller General of the United States, HUD’s General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget, common law, administrative law, as well as other federal, state and local laws and regulations that are implicated in the administration and implementation of the Department’s programs and activities.
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